May 2196

1. Sun
2. Mon
3. Tue
4. Wed
5. Thu
6. Fri
7. Sat
8. 1 12%
9. 2 20%
10. 3 29%
11. 4 40%
12. 5 First qtr
13. 6 62%
14. 7 73%
15. 8 83%
16. 9 91%
17. 10 96%
18. 11 99%
19. 12 Full
20. 13 98%
21. 14 94%
22. 15 88%
23. 16 81%
24. 17 72%
25. 18 64%
26. 19 Last qtr
27. 20 45%
28. 21 35%
29. 22 27%
30. 23 18%
31. 24 11%
32. 25 6%
33. 26 2%
34. 27 New
35. 28 1%
36. 29 4%
37. 30 9%
38. 31 17%

• Moon phase
• Perigee or apogee
• Eclipse
• Planets
• Equinox or solstice

Events in May 2196

1. Sun, May 12:49 PM

   Mercury and Neptune close together

   They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.

2. Mon, May 25:07 PM

   Mercury, Neptune, and Venus gathered

   All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.

3. Tue, May 39:33 AM

   Moon and Mars close together

   They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.

4. Thu, May 510:04 AM

   First Quarter

   Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.

5. Sun, May 8

   Perigee

   The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,000 km.

6. Thu, May 124:43 AM

   Full Moon Flower Moon

   The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.

7. Thu, May 1210:57 AM

   Jupiter at opposition

   Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.

8. Mon, May 1610:30 PM

   Venus at its brightest

   Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.

9. Tue, May 173:09 AM

   Moon and Saturn close together

   They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.

10. Thu, May 1910:09 PM

    Last Quarter

    Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.

11. Fri, May 20

    Apogee

    The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.

12. Tue, May 241:04 AM

    Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered

    All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.

13. Fri, May 278:52 AM

    Moon and Mercury close together

    They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.

14. Fri, May 275:37 PM

    New Moon

    The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.

15. Sat, May 281:43 AM

    Moon and Uranus close together

    They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.

16. Tue, May 311:50 AM

    Mercury behind the Sun

    On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.

17. Tue, May 317:12 PM

    Mercury and Uranus close together

    They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.

18. Tue, May 317:44 PM

    Moon and Mars close together

    They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.

Times are local to America/New York. Each Moon is drawn as it looks at midday.